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From: jeh@simpact.com
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION: news.software.{transports,readers}
Message-ID: <740.25728d1a@simpact.com>
Date: 28 Nov 89 20:50:18 GMT
References: <68@van-bc.UUCP>
Followup-To: news.groups
Organization: Simpact Associates, San Diego CA
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In article <68@van-bc.UUCP>, jtc@wimsey.bc.ca writes:
> PROPOSAL:
> 	Merge current news.software.* groups into the two new
> 	groups: news.software.transports and news.software.readers.
> 	...

I strongly disagree.  I see nothing wrong with multiple newsgroups.  
There are good reasons, for example, for VMS users to subscribe to 
news.software.anu-news (which we're running, and which, btw, has utterly 
nothing to do with B-news other than message header formats) and not 
news.software.b -- who cares about bug reports and patches in software
you're not running?  (Personally, I do subscribe to news.software.b,
because I'm semi-involved in testing new releases of anu news, occasionally
finding bugs, suggesting enhancements, etc., and looking over the b-news
folks' shoulders is beneficial.)

	--- Jamie Hanrahan, Simpact Associates, San Diego CA
Chair, VMSnet [DECUS uucp] and Internals Working Groups, DECUS VAX Systems SIG 
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